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Rodger Dean Duncan  

Authority on Leadership, Change and Organizational Effectiveness; Author of Change-friendly Leadership

After an early career as an award-winning journalist and university professor, Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan founded Duncan Worldwide in 1972 to serve the needs of organizations seeking to boost performance.

His client roster includes senior leaders at top companies in many industries as well as presidential cabinet officers in two White House administrations.

A highly sought-after speaker, trainer and executive coach, Duncan is widely known for his expertise in the strategic management of change—for individuals as well as for organizations. He keynotes many industry conferences and workshops related to human performance and organizational effectiveness.

In addition to his consulting practice, Duncan headed worldwide communications for Campbell Soup Company and was vice president of a global energy company. He’s also served on the faculties of three major universities.

Duncan Worldwide, now headquartered in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area, has affiliates around the globe. Top-selling author Stephen Covey called Duncan work on leadership “brilliantly insightful, inspiring—profound, yet user friendly—visionary, yet practical.”

Duncan earned a Ph.D. in communication and organizational dynamics at Purdue University. The Duncan Report, his blog on leadership and organizational effectiveness, now reaches opt-in business subscribers in more than 150 countries. He is also a frequent contributor to Fast Company and Forbes magazines.

Duncan is author of the internationally best-selling book CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance.

Speech Topics

Collaborating for Results Dialogue Skills That Make Smart People Smarter

People add value to the organization by virtue of their skill in interacting with others. When that skill is deficient, bad things happen: missed deadlines, busted budgets, turf battles and more. This highly engaging program reveals the specific dialogue skills that enable top performers to get consistently superior results.

Wake That Sleeping Giant!

Within most of us there’s a gigantic potential waiting to be focused on a life of productivity, high performance and achievement. Learn the five keys to waking up the GIANT within. Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan underscores the power of SMART goals, the importance of courageous action based on personal vision, the necessity of saying no to forces that pull you off track and the indispensable vitality that comes from mental conditioning.

Building a High-Performance Culture With Real Staying Power

Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan has helped scores of organizations breathe new life into their cultures. With lots of stories from his vast reservoir of experience, he’ll show how your organization may actually contradict your professed values. Learn the keys to strategic alignment—ensuring that the behaviors at work in your environment reinforce your mission, vision, values and strategic business objectives.

Be a Gardener, Not a Mechanic

A first tendency of many business people is to fix things. Unfortunately, some leaders then try to fix people. Not many folks want to be fixed. Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan shows how great leaders adopt the role of gardener rather than mechanic. With his characteristic pattern of real-life illustrations, he explains how the gardener/leader creates an environment that encourages growth—full of light and nourishment. This program is ripe with ideas on getting a great harvest in your leadership garden.

CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance

Truly effective change is an elusive goal for most organizations. It doesn’t have to be. Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan offers a simple though powerful seven-step approach to completing your implementation on time, within budget and with all human and technical needs met. Dr. Duncan believes the second most expensive thing that can happen to an organization is for smart, capable people to quit and leave. He believes the single most expensive thing that can happen is for smart, capable people to quit and stay. In this powerful program, Dr. Duncan shows you how being change-friendly enables you to engage your people’s heads, hearts and hopes.

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